In a mid week match on Tue Aug 16th, in week 4, Forest Green Rovers hosts Accrington Stanley at The New Lawn in a League One match. The game day is forecasted to be a cloudy and cool day, with daytime temperatures of only 19 degrees, which is great football weather. Forest Green Rovers sits at 10th place in the tables. In their last match they recorded a 1-2 loss against Ipswich Town. Marcus Harness struck first for Ipswich Town in the 37th minute, then Sam Morsy added another in the 4th minute of the first half’s stoppage time on a feed from Wes Burns. Forest Green Rovers is looking for direction having 1 win and 1 losses in their last 10 matches, while 5th placed Accrington Stanley is fresh off their 1-0 shutout win against Shrewsbury Town. Tommy Leigh scored the first goal for Accrington Stanley in the 77th minute, and with that single goal the scoring was complete. Neither team could manage anything else In the end, Shrewsbury Town was frustrated by Accrington Stanley’s defence and couldn’t put any tallies on the board. Accrington Stanley ended the match with the shutout victory. Accrington Stanley is looking for direction having earned 12 points in their last 10 matches.
This will be the first match for these two teams against eachother this season.
Accrington Stanley is lucky enough to have a few offensive weapons, with Korede Adedoyin and Sean McConville each having 2 goals in their last five. Josh March has been the most prolific scorer on Forest Green Rovers in the last five matches with three goals.